Jul. 5th, 2007 @ 12:05 pm July 2007 Prompt Number 1
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((locked to those that know of immortals, OOC/meta comments welcomed))

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. - Andre Gide

Those words were certainly said by someone who can only die once and probably said by someone who has nothing to hide. I remember a time long ago, I was in love with a beautiful woman by the name of Delphina. She was beautiful, her father was one of the priests in local sect. At the time, I was a merchant, a very successful one. Her father had already approved of our marriage. It had taken years of courting and gaining influence for it to happen, but we were to be wed.

Then some ingrate attempted to rob me by killing me. I died in Delphina's arms, she weeped for me as life slipped away. I woke up as her father was pulling me out of her arms.

In that moment, their love and affection toward me turned into hatred and fear. They cursed me, called me a demon among other things. They took me captive and tried to find a way to kill me. I don't know how long it took for me to escape.

Once I did, I was foolish enough to go back and try to explain to Delphina what I was, that I wasn't evil. She wanted nothing to do with me anymore. I would have taken her away, showed her riches that she could have only dreamed of all she had to do was accept my immortality.

Instead she attempted to send me back to my tormentors. If I wasn't as quick as I was, I would have been caught. It reminded me that I had do everything I can to keep my immortality a secret.

Character: Methos
Fandom: Highlander
Word Count: 293
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